Les Idées heureuses - Passiontide Concert

Les Idées heureuses
Geneviève Soly, director
Odéi Bilodeau, soprano
William Duffy, male alto
Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenor
Dion Mazerolle, baritone

Hélène Plouffe, violin
Sari Tsuji, violin
Jacques-André Houle, alto
Amanda Keesmaat, violoncelle
Dominic Girard, double bass
Dorothéa Ventura, organ

GRAUPNER Cantatas GWV 1127/31, 44 & 48

Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen [My Lord, Why Have You Forsaken Me?], GWV 1127/31
Ist dieser nicht des Menschen Sohn [Is He Not The Son Of Man?], GWV 1127/44
O Traurichkeit, O Herzleid [Oh Sadness! Oh Heartache], GWV 1127/48

Painting: Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, Christ Crowned with Thorns, about 1584-1585. MMFA, purchase, the Museum Campaigns 1988-1993 and 1998-2002 Funds, gift in memory of Dr Alicja Lipecka Czernick and her husband, Dr Stanislas Czernick, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Volunteer Association Fund, and Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest. Photo MMFA, Christine Guest.